Double-Double Header!

[chrondon84]

Doubleheaders in back to back days.

What the heck did my bullpen do to deserve this?

Luckily the roster expanded the day before but still... 9 games in 7 days is a bit much for these slackers.

[fredbeene]

fantastic...i love double headers
$2 bleacher tix to spend a day watching the game i love(d) with a couple beers
perfect

[chrondon84]

I remember seeing my first and second double steal during a doubleheader at a Portland Beavers game when I was a kid. Chip Hale and JT Bruett did it. They were two of my favs along with masher Bernardo Brito and 3B Terry Jorgensen. Good times!

[benderguy1]

I'm playing the 2021 Mets season right now and we have a double-header scheduled (rain out earlier in the season) in the middle of a long stretch with no days off. 18 games in 17 days. I've got the Syracuse Shuttle going non-stop.

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by chrondon84

Doubleheaders in back to back days.

Pfft. Amateurs.

[jimmysthebestcop]

I disable rainouts in every league in my universe. When simming the AI can't handle the bullpen and you don't get an extra roster spot for the doubleheader like you do in IRL modern mlb. I guess it could be useful for historical or fictional but modern mlb if it doesn't have the correct rules then I'll continue to disable it.

[maineyankee7]

Saturday, October 2, 1920

Cincinnati played 3 games at Pittsburgh!

Only 8 pitchers were used, 5 complete games.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by chrondon84

I remember seeing my first and second double steal during a doubleheader at a Portland Beavers game when I was a kid. Chip Hale and JT Bruett did it. They were two of my favs along with masher Bernardo Brito and 3B Terry Jorgensen. Good times!

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that I recognize all four of those names. It's probably an indication that I've been playing baseball sim games for the better part of forty years now.

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by jimmysthebestcop

I disable rainouts in every league in my universe. When simming the AI can't handle the bullpen and you don't get an extra roster spot for the doubleheader like you do in IRL modern mlb. I guess it could be useful for historical or fictional but modern mlb if it doesn't have the correct rules then I'll continue to disable it.

Yup. Rain and cold weather don't exist in my baseball worlds.

[chrondon84]

Or you know quality AAA players when you see em.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK1g...ture=emb_title

https://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...t-of/17213327/

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by fredbeene

fantastic...i love double headers
$2 bleacher tix to spend a day watching the game i love(d) with a couple beers
perfect

Love(d)? I hate them in OOTP, and neither schedule them, nor have rainouts. I don't think the AI can figure out bullpen usage with two games in one day, so I try to keep it simple. I try to keep everything simple both for me and the AI. I remember double headers being fun as a l'il whippersnapper though. You mean I get to spend at least six hours at the ballpark? Right on!!!

[actionjackson]

Originally Posted by chrondon84

Or you know quality AAA players when you see em.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK1g...ture=emb_title

https://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...t-of/17213327/

Ah yes. I remember that well too. If I can't remember the year something happened in my life, all I have to do is remember what was going on in baseball at the time, and poof! I have my answer.

[jimmysthebestcop]

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Yup. Rain and cold weather don't exist in my baseball worlds.

Yeah in modern mlb universes it gimps the AI too much when simming. Not just your team but other teams as well. They will run the entire bullpen to 0% in a doubleheader. While the player is smart enough to call up 3 AAA guys for the next 3 days the AI isn't.

I was just talking about stamina in another thread even though I think the modern mlb default setting is accurate. I don't actually think the AI can handle it. Especially if you are playing modern mlb and simming. The AI will kill the bullpen even without double headers.

I actually went to a 14 man pitching staff to survive simming months at a time. If not I had to constantly check the bullpen every week to see if carpool moves from AAA had to be performed. Again AI teams can't do it so it just makes the player that much better.